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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
I think they pick MacKinnon and trade Stastny for more immediate defensive help - MacKinnon is too good to pass up.
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I have to respectfully disagree with this.
Stastny is in the last year of his contract with a cap hit of 6M, and with a shrinking cap, point production that has decreased from 79, to 57 to 53, to 41 prorated over an 82 game season (assuming he would still have missed the proportionate amount of games due to injury ina full season).
I don't see the Av's getting too much value for him unless someone wants to buy extremely high on his WHC performance. Even then that would only net them a 4/5 D man at best
IMO Stastny+Jones>>> Mackinnon+ 4/5 D man.
But Colorado would have some fun forwards to watch if they take Mackinnon... but how is that working out in Edmonton?